Once you’ve entered a script, you can run it with the sh command, as shown following, passing the name of your script to the sh command:

$ sh listrpmpkgs

librpm404-devel-4.0.4-8x.27

librpm404-4.0.4-8x.27

rpm404-python-4.0.4-8x.27

rpm-4.1-1.06

rpm-devel-4.1-1.06

gnorpm-0.9-1

rpm-python-4.1-1.06

redhat-rpm-config-8.0-1

rpm-build-4.1-1.06

rpmrebuild-1.0-0

Type the command you have placed in your script at the command line. There should be no difference in the output. For example:

$ rpm -qa | grep rpm

librpm404-devel-4.0.4-8x.27

librpm404-4.0.4-8x.27

rpm404-python-4.0.4-8x.27

rpm-4.1-1.06

rpm-devel-4.1-1.06

gnorpm-0.9-1

rpm-python-4.1-1.06

redhat-rpm-config-8.0-1

rpm-build-4.1-1.06

rpmrebuild-1.0-0